Stardock Roadmap??

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all this talk about WB3.3 and DX1.1 coming out has made me kinda curious. Can we perhaps get some sort of product roadmap with an idea of when a few key builds of products are gonna be out?

like for instance windowfx 2.x?
windowblinds 3.x with uis3?
windowblinds 3.x+1 with native vector format for uis3?
windowblinds 3.x+2 with smart bars and examples?
skincast 0.x?

was just wondering and seeing if any of these have fallen by the way-side or something...hope not, can't wait till windowfx comes out myself
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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hi Mephisto!

I'll see what I can put together. But all road maps are usually announced in Stardock Magazine first. Not sure if you subscribed to that or not.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
BTW, don't underestimate your influence on the scheduling. What things would you like to see and in what order?
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
That's how I feel too.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Windowfx that is faster then the old version.

That skin/component browser sounds interesting.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
gimme shadows!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
actually we already have smart bars in the current window blinds. its just that finding someone who has worked out how to use them is a little tricky
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
as for the schedule, there are two things i would love to see:

plug in support for OB

hot key support for DX

and then of course, hot key support for plugins, so that i can use hot keys on my complex OB theme at work, and (even more) hot keys on my fun DX objects at home. the SD player looked outstanding, but i loath mouse only interfaces to programs *shrug*

i dont mind if hotkey support is via a plugin its self, so long as i can wire it up.
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
While we're on the subject of plugins, I'd like to see updates to those tired old WindowBlinds plugins. I know the plugins themselves aren't created by Stardock, but it would be nice to see Stardock put together some nice new plugins to fill the gap that currently exists.
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
the idea is that this is going to happen, with new types of smart bar (buttons) being released.

of course you need a skin that supports them before you can use them